Resources for Faculty Advising and Mentoring

First-Year Advising Checklist

• Short description of faculty responsibilities as a first-year advisor.

PhD Program Manual: Student Advising/Mentoring

• General description of overall advising and mentoring activities.

PhD Program Manual: Guidelines for Program Components

• Program of Study documents: Developing the Independent Learning Plan (ILP).
• General Exam: Guidelines for the  Qualifying Scholarly Paper
• Dissertation Prospectus
• Dissertation: Research, Writing, and Oral Defense
• SSW Dissertation Style Manual

Mentoring Professional Development

• Program Manual section on support for student applications for Grants/Fellowships
• Graduate School Mentoring Resources includes a Mentoring Guides for students and faculty.
• Preparing Future Faculty Program

  The Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program is a national movement to transform the way aspiring faculty members are prepared for their careers. PFF programs provide doctoral students, as well as some master’s and postdoctoral students, with opportunities to observe and experience faculty responsibilities at a variety of academic institutions with varying missions, diverse student bodies, and different expectations for faculty.

  Includes an extensive list of links to valuable resources for mentoring.